The "integrated dash" thing is pure crap. HOPE those things break at 3 years of age so as to discourage automakers from installing touch-screen junk hardware in their cars.
As far as back-seat TVs, my laptop (Thinkpad) has modular design and connectors. Works fine under all sorts of conditions. Why would a TV or tablet given to a sprog in a mommyvan need to be different?
I was talking about two parent families with one working parent and one stay-at-home parent. Or two parents working short enough hours to be able to spend time with their children.
Except that the US is bad by (developed, democratic) world standards. We jail 1% of our population. We retain the barbaric death penalty. We jail people for things like UNPAID PARKING TICKETS instead of sending them to civil collections. Apparently, you can't even have a beer on a beach without being harassed by cops, in some states.
The US is authoritarianism disguised as democracy. They tell us the laws are for our own good.
And a large proportion of Americans like it that way. Respect the cops! They're heroes! Respect the flag! People died for it! You're lucky to be here! Love it or leave it!
Simple, enact policies to keep population static domestically. Invest heavily in economic development programs abroad that encourage and provide birth control as well. Earth is overloaded as it is. Perpetual growth is an illness, not the solution.
But (as a human, not as a country), what's wrong with living cheaply, not keeping up with the Joneses (they're dumb anyway) and just keeping old stuff or buying used? The tradeoff from living cheaply won't be hoarding of money or stuff, it will be the ability to have a one-parent, 40 hour a week working family. Trading free time for stuff that doesn't enrich your life anyway.
Most electronics are discretionary. Your life won't be materially different if you keep the old TV for a year longer or don't trade your phone in every six months.
Also, having tariffs might encourage slightly more durable products or even repair of existing products vs dumping them as toxic e-waste and plastic waste. Ending is NOT better than mending, Brave New World is not an instruction manual.
Why would a 25% tariff be a 100% increase in retail price, considering that the tariff is on value, and value is less than value + retail markup? If anything, the increase would be less than 25%, since the tariff is not charged on the markup.
But yeah. Cry me a river. God forbid if people are forced to fix their electronics, keep them longer, buy used on Craigslist, instead of sending more e-waste to the landfill or to poor countries that burn it to remove valuable metals.
Better yet, fix what you have or keep it longer instead of generating more toxic e-waste because shiny and new! No one needs a new phone or TV every year. The difference between 1k and 4k is basically invisible to most people at actual viewing distance.
I'm no lover of Trump's policies. He's an authoritarian ass and enabler to state violence (i.e. "rough them up a bit").
But I can't bring myself to be upset about this tariff, and think it's a shame that it can't be 100%. Yes. 100%, full cost of the item. People throw too many things out -- I've seen perfectly good electronics on the street due to a damaged power cord or similar minor issue.
We've become a throw-away society where "used" and "repair" are dirty words, and which produces an unsustainable amount of toxic, poorly recyclable e-waste. Trump may not mean to be an environmentalist, but raising the cost of dirt-cheap disposable electronics is ultimately an environmental good.
Remember the 80s and 90s, where people kept their TVs for 10-15 years, then handed them down to their college student children?
I've read/heard about the "shelter" system in many US cities. Go to a shelter on a cold night, the shelter is full. It's 10p.m. Wait an hour to register. It's 11p.m. Wait around another hour for someone to organize a bus to an empty shelter. 12a.m. Wait another two hours to get to the next shelter. 2a.m. Wait an hour to register there 3a.m. Shower, get to sleep. 4:30am. And you're woken up at 7a.m. For those who think "shelters are free", why don't you pretend to be homeless/destitute and try the system for a night. Or volunteer at a shelter.
Having people starve is really an advantage -- but only if you're a Evangelical Prosperity Gospel idiot who thinks that the homeless are homeless because they're "bad" people.
(1) Germany: why should incitement to hatred and genocide be allowed? Not being able to march around in Nazi regalia doesn't affect anyone normal, and knowing the history, it can be seen as threatening. Think of it as US incitement laws.
(2) UK media coverage: ever thought that the victims have a right to protection and anonymity?
Yep -- cops shouldn't have been harassing people on the beach in the first place. They were both likely horrible to each other, but the situation wouldn't have arisen if they weren't out on dune buggies harassing and fining the public. Hope they're fired and lose their chance to ever work in NJ law enforcement again. And no, I don't care that they were "jest doin' their jerbs". Their "jerbs" shouldn't exist as we know them now.
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The "integrated dash" thing is pure crap. HOPE those things break at 3 years of age so as to discourage automakers from installing touch-screen junk hardware in their cars. As far as back-seat TVs, my laptop (Thinkpad) has modular design and connectors. Works fine under all sorts of conditions. Why would a TV or tablet given to a sprog in a mommyvan need to be different?
I didn't say anything about single parents.
I was talking about two parent families with one working parent and one stay-at-home parent. Or two parents working short enough hours to be able to spend time with their children.
If your TeeVee is being subjected to severe vibration, you've got other problems.
Except that the US is bad by (developed, democratic) world standards. We jail 1% of our population. We retain the barbaric death penalty. We jail people for things like UNPAID PARKING TICKETS instead of sending them to civil collections. Apparently, you can't even have a beer on a beach without being harassed by cops, in some states.
The US is authoritarianism disguised as democracy. They tell us the laws are for our own good.
And a large proportion of Americans like it that way. Respect the cops! They're heroes! Respect the flag! People died for it! You're lucky to be here! Love it or leave it!
Make the SMT-mounted electronics modular. You might not be able to replace an individual IC easily, but you can swap a failed board.
I'm not apologizing to you for a damn thing.
Isn't it at 3.9%? But Trump thinks the method is incorrect and real unemployment is over 20% :D
Simple, enact policies to keep population static domestically. Invest heavily in economic development programs abroad that encourage and provide birth control as well. Earth is overloaded as it is. Perpetual growth is an illness, not the solution.
Mainstream "kultshah" is essentially a bread and circus for the stupid and terminally ignorant.
Because YOUR thrown away plastic crap is polluting MY water.
But (as a human, not as a country), what's wrong with living cheaply, not keeping up with the Joneses (they're dumb anyway) and just keeping old stuff or buying used? The tradeoff from living cheaply won't be hoarding of money or stuff, it will be the ability to have a one-parent, 40 hour a week working family. Trading free time for stuff that doesn't enrich your life anyway.
Most electronics are discretionary. Your life won't be materially different if you keep the old TV for a year longer or don't trade your phone in every six months.
But "engineers" are also civil/mechanical/industrial/power electrical, that lean conservative.
Disagree. Modern electronics are also more reliable than the TV sets of yesteryear. Failures are typically:
(1) Broken connectors/cords.
(2) Broken solder joints to the connectors.
(3) Loose internal cables.
(4) Power supply issues (fried capacitors, etc).
All of which can be easily fixed.
A lot of tech people and engineers tend to actually lean conservative and "law-and-order" vs being freewheeling liberals.
The liberals tend to be the scientists, professors, and artists for some reason.
Also, having tariffs might encourage slightly more durable products or even repair of existing products vs dumping them as toxic e-waste and plastic waste. Ending is NOT better than mending, Brave New World is not an instruction manual.
Why would a 25% tariff be a 100% increase in retail price, considering that the tariff is on value, and value is less than value + retail markup? If anything, the increase would be less than 25%, since the tariff is not charged on the markup.
But yeah. Cry me a river. God forbid if people are forced to fix their electronics, keep them longer, buy used on Craigslist, instead of sending more e-waste to the landfill or to poor countries that burn it to remove valuable metals.
Better yet, fix what you have or keep it longer instead of generating more toxic e-waste because shiny and new! No one needs a new phone or TV every year. The difference between 1k and 4k is basically invisible to most people at actual viewing distance.
I'm no lover of Trump's policies. He's an authoritarian ass and enabler to state violence (i.e. "rough them up a bit").
But I can't bring myself to be upset about this tariff, and think it's a shame that it can't be 100%. Yes. 100%, full cost of the item. People throw too many things out -- I've seen perfectly good electronics on the street due to a damaged power cord or similar minor issue.
We've become a throw-away society where "used" and "repair" are dirty words, and which produces an unsustainable amount of toxic, poorly recyclable e-waste. Trump may not mean to be an environmentalist, but raising the cost of dirt-cheap disposable electronics is ultimately an environmental good.
Remember the 80s and 90s, where people kept their TVs for 10-15 years, then handed them down to their college student children?
Speak for yourself -- I'm in the US. If I get ice, waiter/tress is making another round trip.
I've read/heard about the "shelter" system in many US cities. Go to a shelter on a cold night, the shelter is full. It's 10p.m. Wait an hour to register. It's 11p.m. Wait around another hour for someone to organize a bus to an empty shelter. 12a.m. Wait another two hours to get to the next shelter. 2a.m. Wait an hour to register there 3a.m. Shower, get to sleep. 4:30am. And you're woken up at 7a.m. For those who think "shelters are free", why don't you pretend to be homeless/destitute and try the system for a night. Or volunteer at a shelter.
Having people starve is really an advantage -- but only if you're a Evangelical Prosperity Gospel idiot who thinks that the homeless are homeless because they're "bad" people.
Sure you can, if you have your own bed-sit (studio apt for Americans) in a house with > 1 kitchen and bath.
(1) Germany: why should incitement to hatred and genocide be allowed? Not being able to march around in Nazi regalia doesn't affect anyone normal, and knowing the history, it can be seen as threatening. Think of it as US incitement laws.
(2) UK media coverage: ever thought that the victims have a right to protection and anonymity?
Yep -- cops shouldn't have been harassing people on the beach in the first place. They were both likely horrible to each other, but the situation wouldn't have arisen if they weren't out on dune buggies harassing and fining the public. Hope they're fired and lose their chance to ever work in NJ law enforcement again. And no, I don't care that they were "jest doin' their jerbs". Their "jerbs" shouldn't exist as we know them now.